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| #3991 | | Finagle's Third Law:
In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct,
beyond all need of checking, is the mistake
Corollaries:
(1) Nobody whom you ask for help will see it.
(2) The first person who stops by, whose advice you really
don't want to hear, will see it immediately.
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| #3992 | | Fine's Corollary:
Functionality breeds Contempt.
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| #3993 | | Finster's Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
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| #3994 | | First Law of Bicycling:
No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind.
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| #3995 | | First law of debate:
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
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| #3996 | | First Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination shortens the job and places the responsibility
for its termination on someone else (i.e., the authority who
imposed the deadline).
Fifth Law of Procrastination:
Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that
there is nothing important to do.
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| #3997 | | First Law of Socio-Genetics:
Celibacy is not hereditary.
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| #3998 | | First Rule of History:
History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.
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| #3999 | | Fishbowl, n.:
A glass-enclosed isolation cell where newly promoted managers are
kept for observation.
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| #4000 | | Five rules for eternal misery:
(1) Always try to exhort others to look upon you favorably.
(2) Make lots of assumptions about situations and be sure to
treat these assumptions as though they are reality.
(3) Then treat each new situation as though it's a crisis.
(4) Live in the past and future only (become obsessed with
how much better things might have been or how much worse
things might become).
(5) Occasionally stomp on yourself for being so stupid as to
follow the first four rules.
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